I did watch it all the way through once and maybe next time I watch it I have to be totally drunk or sleep deprived and then I get it.

If I really wanted to see great art I could just go to the Kimbell Art Museum which holds one of the best art collection in the US.  I think that would probably be a much better investment of my time then re watching 2001.

Never heard of it or saw it but doing a bit of research it doesn't sound very promising 4.7 rating on imdb but what's even worse is its box office number only cost $10 million dollars to make which is a relatively small budget even for 1990 and when adjusted for inflation and it only made $1,272,977 so it made less then one tenth back of its budget from the box office.

It did get a DVD release in 2005 must have been very limited though since I never saw it in any stores but their still must be some unsold copies out there since you can buy it new on Amazon for $8.49 probably would have a look at it if it was on Netflix just to see how bad it really is.

Did you guys read the book? That makes a big difference as well, especially for the ending.

Top 5 pre '70 for me

2001 (1968)
Ben Hur (1959)
Spartacus (1960)
Planet of the apes (1968)
Jungle book (1967)
runners up: Journey to the center of the earth (1959), Bridge on the river Kwai (1957), Psycho (1960)

I have to watch Dr Strangelove again. I saw it in my student years, drunk and sleep deprived, can't remember much of it.

Ugh, I still need to read The Hunger Games and watch The Lorax. So much to do! XD

Going to watch one of the worst movies in the world tonight. Alien vs Hunter. A classic "mockbuster" so bad it achieved #5 in IMDB's bottom 100. I'll try and report my views on the film at some point tonight. Wish me luck......

@Spurgeonryan: The poll's missing Mystery Men! :D

The book series is great, one of my favorites. Arthur C Clarke is a great writer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_%28novel%29
There is a good section on the difference between the movie and the book. There's nothing about the end sequence, but it's easy to understand that works a lot better in book form where you read the thought process of Bowman.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010:_Odyssey_Two
Was released as a movie too in 1984


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2061:_Odyssey_Three

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3001:_The_Final_Odyssey

His Rama series is great too and I hope that that will get a movie adaptation some day.
Morgan Freeman is still rooting for one http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134933/
It dit have a video game in 1984 but it wasn't all that fun. It felt more like an eleborate IQ test. Gameplay was basically collecting puzzle pieces for mostly 'what's missing or next in this logical sequence of symbols' puzzles.

Really?  I saw it in theaters twice!  And while everything you say at the end is true, I see all those things as positives :P